The picture has now changed. England are a collection of international new boys and they have finally revealed that they have the capacity to play like that. And they will go into one of the most passionate, atmospheric stadiums in world sport with two thirds of their team having never played an international there before.

There can no longer be any image in rugby minds of this new England cruising imperiously into Wales at the weekend like a glistening Ferrari hot off the production line. This is not the finished article. This is an engine that is just about still